Ferry, tanker collide off Singapore's Southern Islands

A passenger vessel and a commercial tanker collided with each other off Singapore's South Islands on Monday, November 10.

According to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the locally-registered fast catamaran ferry Horizon 9 was approaching the pier at the HarbourFront Centre mall when it struck the Indonesia-bound, Marshall Islands-flagged chemical tanker La Digue at around 17:00 local time on Monday.